Pat Oglesby, a North Carolina lawyer, worked for the Joint Committee on Taxation of the United States Congress from 1982 to 1988, first as a Legislation Attorney, then as the International (or Foreign) Tax Counsel. From 1988 to 1990, thanks to Senator Lloyd Bentsen, he held the position of Chief Tax Counsel of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate. Previously, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the North Carolina Law Review and as Law Clerk to the Honorable John Minor Wisdom of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans. He is the founder of the nonprofit Center for New Revenue.